Senior Volunteer Recruitment Specialist

The American National Red Cross seeks a Senior Volunteer Recruitment Specialist to lead strategies that attract, screen, and onboard diverse volunteers to support blood drives, disaster relief, and community programs. In this mission-driven role, you will build partnerships with schools, community groups, and businesses, manage volunteer pipelines, and use data to optimize outreach. Collaborating across teams, you'll design engagement initiatives, trainings, and recognition efforts that strengthen volunteer impact and retention nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute volunteer recruitment strategies for blood drives, disaster relief, and community programs
• Build and maintain partnerships with community organizations, schools, and businesses to grow the volunteer pipeline
• Lead screening, placement, and onboarding processes to ensure qualified and engaged volunteers
• Use data and reporting tools to track recruitment metrics and optimize outreach campaigns
• Collaborate with program and field teams to understand volunteer needs and align sourcing efforts
• Design and support volunteer engagement, training, and recognition initiatives to improve retention
• Ensure compliance with Red Cross policies, background checks, and risk management standards
• Provide guidance and mentorship to staff or coordinators involved in local volunteer recruitment

Required Skills

• Volunteer recruitment
• Volunteer management systems (e.g., Volunteer Connection, Volgistics)
• Applicant screening and onboarding
• Event planning and coordination
• Data tracking and reporting
• Community outreach and partnerships
• Training and facilitation
• Program evaluation
• Customer relationship management (CRM)
• Compliance with volunteer policies and procedures